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Indicator · Q3 2026

Dubai off-plan share of sales, Q3 2026

Name: Dubai off-plan share of sales, Q3 2026
Creator: Prop971 Research
Published: 2026-10-09

Off-plan was 73% of Dubai sales and 70% of value in Q3 2026, from 77% and 79% a year earlier. Sales with the developer as a party were 74% of the total.

READING, Q3 202673%of Dubai residential sales were off-plan, Q3 2026

Published 9 October 2026 · From Real Estate Market Balance: Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Q3 2026

Charts

FIG. 01

Off-plan share of Dubai residential sales and value by quarter, 2019 to Q3 2026

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Source: Prop971 Research, Q3 2026. Reuse with attribution.

Data

TABLE 01

Off-plan and primary shares by quarter (%)

Quarter	Off-plan, share of sales	Off-plan, share of value	Primary, share of sales
Q3 2026	73.3	70.0	74.1
Q2 2026	78.7	78.0	79.3
Q1 2026	73.5	74.7	74.4
Q4 2025	74.8	76.9	75.6
Q3 2025	77.1	79.3	77.9
Q2 2025	70.0	73.5	71.0
Q1 2025	68.3	70.7	69.3
Q4 2024	71.5	73.5	72.4
Q3 2024	71.9	75.5	72.9
Q2 2024	69.5	71.1	70.5
Q1 2024	63.7	68.5	64.8
Q4 2023	61.1	68.3	62.3
Q3 2023	65.8	73.4	67.2
Q2 2023	57.9	64.7	59.2
Q1 2023	62.3	67.9	63.6
Q4 2022	60.3	69.8	61.5
Q3 2022	58.9	64.7	60.3
Q2 2022	51.0	54.4	52.3
Q1 2022	55.3	57.2	56.4
Q4 2021	54.8	60.4	56.2
Q3 2021	53.6	58.4	55.5
Q2 2021	47.2	46.2	50.8
Q1 2021	40.6	42.5	43.0
Q4 2020	48.5	48.9	50.5
Q3 2020	40.2	44.5	42.7
Q2 2020	69.0	69.8	70.7
Q1 2020	61.0	64.4	62.4
Q4 2019	68.1	70.8	69.3
Q3 2019	66.0	67.9	67.3
Q2 2019	66.4	68.7	68.2
Q1 2019	59.0	64.2	61.4

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Source: Prop971 Research, Q3 2026. Reuse with attribution. CSV

Definition and method

DLD registration type Off-Plan Properties (history file) / Off-Plan (daily file); everything else is ready. Procedures with Pre-registration or Development in the name (developer is a party). Plain Sale/Sell variants are resale (secondary).

Sources

Dubai Land Department (DLD) open transaction data, Prop971 analysis

Full methods: Prop971 Research methodology

Cite

Cite the Q3 2026 edition

Prop971 Research (2026), Real Estate Market Balance: Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Q3 2026. Dubai off-plan share of sales. https://www.prop971.com/research/q3-2026/dubai-off-plan-share

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Q3 2026 report (PDF)

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